решебник.рф ГДЗ по английскому языку 11 Класс класс Афанасьева О.В., Дули Д., Михеева И. В. упражнение - 6 стр. 33
a) Read the extract from Tom’s diary. Which of the words in bold go with: countable nouns, uncountable nouns, adjectives, adverbs, few/little/much/many/a lot of?
5 April
… it was such a lovely spot that we decided to camp there. After we had put up our tent, we went to explore the area. There was such lovely scenery that we took lots of photos. The place was so peaceful with so few people around that we couldn’t believe it. The birds were singing so beautifully that it was as if we were somewhere exotic. There were such a lot of wild flowers that the air smelled …
- b) Use the ideas below to make up a story entitled A Disastrous Party.
- long way
- noisy
- many people
- bored
- awful food
- loud music
- bad time
- cold
Such is used with uncountable nouns (“such a lovely scenery”) and with countable noun phrases introduced by “a lot of” («such a lot of wild flowers»)
So few is a quantifier. Few is used with countable nouns, and so intensifies it
It was a long way to get to the party, and even before I arrived, I knew it was going to be a bad time. As I walked up the driveway, I could already hear the loud music. Then, when I got inside, there were so many people crammed into the small space that it felt overcrowded. It was incredibly noisy. I couldn’t even hear myself think, let alone have a conversation.
The awful food was barely edible — dry, tasteless sandwiches and a lumpy potato salad that was as cold as the evening air. I tried to engage in some conversations, but frankly, it was hard to be anything other than bored. Everyone was shouting over the loud music, and the only topics of conversation were gossip and meaningless small talk.